So I also over tightened the pommel and stripped it. I also followed the directions covering the blade instead of doing it like I normally do. 6 stitches later. All in I love the kit. I have made 4 different knives. This one is my favorite. My wife just bought me the lock blade to work on.

I order the stacked knife with sheath as a gift. They sent the wrong sheath and after contacting them numerous times and several months of being told they’re looking into it, I'm chalking it up to my loss. I won’t order anything else from this company. Their customer service sucks!

I'd love to leave a great review, but I can't as my knife is now garbage. I over-tightened the pommel and snapped the threads off the tang. Treat it gently I guess is my suggestion.

Hi,
I'm 83 I have all my fingers, poor eye sight, I'm having fun working on the grips. I plan to build 2 more 🗡 for my boys 62 and 59. I'm in the process of completing my workbench ,another few days I'll be rocken and rolling
Not only is the dagger
great looking it's a great knife and weapon
Thanks
Shamus

The first step was to put the guard on the tang but it didn’t even com close to fitting. Luckily I have a belt sander and took some metal off. After that it was a smooth breeze, goin to buy some beeswax today. I intend on purchasing more.

Received as a Christmas present from my Wife and Daughters! I love the whole idea! Gives me a hobby and an awesome knife in the end! I find my self dawdling away and enjoying every minute of it. Thanks so much!!

I bought this for my husband and he absolutely loves it. He wants another one even though he hasnt finished this one quit yet, lol. Thank you! Y'all are awesome. Will be ordering more in the near future. Hoping your able to get the pincone one in stock soon. I know he would love that one as well!

I ordered this for my favorite guy,myself. I received my order in 2 days,as I was inspecting it I noted that there was a small default in the blade. I sent a text right away with a photo. I expected Man creates to send me a shipping label so I could return the blade.2 days later,Man crates sent me a whole new kit and told me to keep the other one for parts. I've never known a company with this kind of customer service and follow up on guarentee.or a company with such a great guarentee..thank u again

I ordered this for my favorite guy,myself. I received my order in 2 days,as I was inspecting it I noted that there was a small default in the blade. I sent a text right away with a photo. I expected Man creates to send me a shipping label so I could return the blade.2 days later,Man crates sent me a whole new kit and told me to keep the other one for parts. I've never known a company with this kind of customer service and follow up on guarentee.or a company with such a great guarentee..thank u again

I bought this for my husband. His third knife crate. The chef knife and pocket knife was his first two and all I heard was all the things that this kit did not contain. No files, glue was old and hardened, no beeswax included…. First two kits included everything he needed to completely finish knives and he was happy. He seems a little disappointed in this knife - wish I had come up with some other gift now for this kind of money.

The tang is way to tight, I suspect the tig weld warped the metal near the end with the threads and made it no longer flush

Gave it three stars, but it's more like a 2-1/2 - just OK.
I received it as a Christmas gift this year and immediately got to working on it.
We're gonna start with the bad stuff.
The screw that the pommel fits on was bent and the weld was a little off-center. I was able to straighten it out - so no big deal.
The hole in the blade guard was cut too small to fit over the tang. A few minutes with some diamond files and a belt sander fixed this, but geez... This would've been a total deal breaker for someone who didn't own much for tools. I even screwed up sanding the tang down a little and have an 1/8" gap between the blade and the guard to deal with.
Exxxxxpenisve for what you get. I know a bit about blade steel and AUS-8, although good, is pretty cheap these days. The fact that the blade isn't stamped, makes me wonder if it's really even AUS-8. With that said, the milling on the blade is pretty good and I was pleasantly surprised at how sharp it was, straight out of the box. Buttttt, the steel could've easily been stamped VG-10 and there still would've been a comfortable profit. The leather looks fairly cheap, but it serves the purpose.
Odor - The kit smells like Harbor Freight and an army surplus store teamed up to make an industrial air freshener. When I smell this delightful aroma, I automatically think "cheap."
This one's more of a me thing - After several hours of rasping, filing and sanding, that old man voice came out in me and said, "You own power tools, dummy!" Yeah, I broke down and used the Dremel and the belt sander on the handle. I could only take so much.
Last gripe - the sheath design changed a little and the instructions didn't. Not a big deal for me, but could befuddle some.
Bottom line - It's a good, productive time killer and the knife looks pretty cool, when finished (except for the annoying gap between the blade and the guard).
The blade steel doesn't matter to me much, 'cause I don't really plan on actually using this knife. But, the price tag on the product for what you're actually getting is extremely steep. You can buy an assembled, name-brand knife with better steel for less money.

Unfortunately it doesn't come with anything to shape the leather handle.
Which kinda sucked cause my husband had to go buy stuff from the store to finish it.

The knife itself is nice. It arrived in a boring cardboard box. Lesson learned, not all Man Crates come in an actual crate even though the names implies it. I paid for the concept of prying open a crate to get to the gift, not a piece of cardboard.